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In Depth With Graham Bensinger

Graham Bensinger

Graham Bensinger travels the world for extended interviews and exclusive access to the biggest names. The podcast version of the globally-syndicated TV show is the only platform to get the full interview, including stories cut from the TV show due to time constraints.

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  • Avg 26 min
  • English

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  • Friday · 6 min

    Sean Payton: Did I just lose Drew Brees? | Trending Now

    Saints head coach Sean Payton on recruiting Drew Brees to New Orleans, including driving Brees around the city, getting lost and ending up in one of the hardest hit neighborhoods from Hurricane Katrina. Plus, Brees shares his thoughts on what he was looking for in a franchise and the real reason he and his wife decided they were moving to New Orleans.

  • Thursday · 4 min

    Dolph Lundgren: The more I cheated, the more my wife spent my money | Forward Progress

    Swedish actor, filmmaker and martial artist Dolph Lundgren says his finances diminished 90% from 1997 - 2007, fueled in some part by his then-wife Anette Qviberg. Dolph remembers feeling that his wife was impartial about his infidelity, so long as he continued to pay off her remarkable monthly credit card bills (roughly $60K per month) and bought her exotic cars.

  • August 24 · 1 hr 4 min

    Russell Westbrook: Fashion, Criticism, and the Drive That Defined His NBA Career

    With Russell Westbrook announcing his retirement after 18 NBA seasons, we look back at Graham’s 2014 interview with the future Hall of Fame point guard. Westbrook reflects on criticism of his playing style, the risky decision that shaped his college recruitment and his rise from Los Angeles to NBA superstardom. He also opens up about the sudden death of his best friend, the bad press he’s faced and why fashion became such an important outlet for self-expression.

  • August 17 · 47 min

    Manny Pacquiao: Poverty, Politics, and the Battles That Built a Champion

    In this 2014 interview, Graham sits down with boxing icon Manny Pacquiao to reflect on his rise from extreme poverty in the Philippines to becoming one of the greatest fighters of his generation. Pacquiao opens up about his childhood, the sacrifices that shaped him, his relationship with Freddie Roach and the biggest fights of his career. He also discusses Floyd Mayweather, faith, politics, generosity and why he believes his purpose extends far beyond boxing.

  • August 13 · 5 min

    Dikembe Mutombo: Mom could have been saved | Forward Progress

    Dikembe Mutombo recalls his mother’s unfortunate death due to restrictions and limitations in the Congo, why he built a hospital to help prevent future deaths and his surprise at the lack of donations from fellow NBA players during fundraising for the hospital.

  • August 10 · 1 hr 53 min

    John Paul DeJoria: Homelessness, Building Paul Mitchell, and the Billion-Dollar Power of Persistence

    Graham spends the day in Austin with billionaire businessman and dedicated philanthropist, John Paul DeJoria. The co-founder of both Paul Mitchell hair products (John Paul Mitchell Systems) and The Patron Spirits Company, DeJoria opens up about his rise from homelessness to Hells Angels to massive wealth, complete with sponsorship of multiple sports teams and a portfolio of charitable endeavors.

  • August 7 · 6 min

    Roy Williams: Stayed at KU to fulfill promise to Nick Collison | Trending Now

    Legendary NCAA basketball coach Roy Williams looks back on two of the hardest decisions he’s ever made: opting to remain coach of the Kansas Jayhawks in 2000 and eventually leaving to coach at the University of North Carolina in 2003. He departed KU after posting a record of 418-101 over 15 seasons. Plus, Coach Williams says he’s been recruited by at least 14 NBA franchises to coach at the professional level and imparts advice to viewers to find people in their lives who are with them regardless of the circumstances, whom Coach refers to fondly as “foxhole buddies.”

  • August 3 · 1 hr 1 min

    Travis Pastrana: X Games Glory, Nitro Circus, and Living on the Edge

    Graham sits down with motocross champ, X Games gold medalist and action sports star Travis Pastrana, who discusses some of his most death-defying stunts, one-upping friends on the Nitro Circus world tour and a life-changing car accident. Pastrana also shares stories of his frequent night terrors and landing the first-ever double backflip on a motocross bike.

  • July 31 · 5 min

    Ryan Sheckler: No sex before marriage | Forward Progress

    Skateboarding star Ryan Sheckler opens up about a different path he’s taking with his girlfriend, as they’re abstaining from sex until marriage. Sheckler says abstinence wasn’t his thing previously, but he’s taking a Christ-based approach and is excited for how it could play out down the road. Sheckler also discusses his relationship with his father and how he coped with his parents’ divorce.

  • July 30 · 4 min

    Jeanie Buss: Telling my 6th grade friends my dad died (he didn’t) | Forward Progress

    Owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, Jeanie Buss, speaks on her parents’ divorce, shedding light on the impact it had on her relationship with her father, and how they leaned into sports and movies to repair ties. Finally, Jeanie expresses immense gratitude for her mother, highlighting her beauty, selflessness, and commitment to her family.

  • July 23 · 6 min

    Sean Payton: Sleeping at work, missing family | Forward Progress

    Broncos head coach Sean Payton addresses difficulties managing the work-life balance across his NFL coaching career. Payton says NFL coaching positions are consuming and talks of sleeping at the office in order to erase commute time and catch an extra hour of sleep.

  • July 20 · 1 hr 17 min

    Seven-Time NASCAR Champion Jimmie Johnson: Fear, Family, and the Drive to Keep Racing

    Seven-time NASCAR Series Cup champion Jimmie Johnson invites Graham to an IndyCar race in California and to his personal warehouse of memorabilia in Charlotte for an In Depth conversation. The elite race car driver candidly talks of “the grind” that led to his 2020 exit from NASCAR, his thoughts on how to help save the struggling sport and a Formula 1 test drive that fueled his pivot into IndyCar racing.

  • July 17 · 5 min

    Jean shorts & flip flops: Ron DeSantis on his first day at Yale | Trending Now

    Ron DeSantis says he didn't know Ivy League colleges were liberal until he arrived at Yale in jean shorts and flip flops. In this conversation, the Florida Governor talks about his upbringing, his nurse mother from Youngstown, Ohio, and his father from the steel towns of western Pennsylvania. He shares his recollection of feeling like an outsider on campus and describes how, by his account, the liberal environment at Yale and Harvard Law School pushed him further to the political right rather than the left. A personal look at how DeSantis says his college years shaped the conservative politician he became.

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